Ed Rampell
LATEST ARTICLES BY Ed Rampell
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Cuba See: L.A. film fest highlights Havana and more
June 20, 2011The Los Angeles Film Festival is currently taking place, and this year's multitude of movies includes: "International Spotlight: Cuba."
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“Viva Riva!” goes beyond Blaxploitation in today’s Congo
June 16, 2011Beneath the shoot-'em-up sensibility, a critical eye is clearly at work, skewering the former Belgian colony, in this 2011 Pan African Film Festival's Best Feature Film prize winning film.
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“Bride Flight”: South Seas film for grownups
June 13, 2011This is a highly recommended movie. It's an excellent, well-crafted feature and a realistic slice of life, albeit in an unusual milieu.
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Einstein meets Eisenstein in “The Tree of Life”
May 26, 2011Four words I never thought I'd see in the same film: Sean Penn and dinosaurs.
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“Chinese Massacre” dramatizes little-known history
May 16, 2011Playwright Tom Jacobson takes a Howard Zinn-like "people's history" look at Los Angeles, revealing a little-known pogrom against L. A.'s then-200 inhabitants of Chinese ancestry.
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“The Temperamentals” strikes a blow for the sexual revolution
April 27, 2011The Temperamentals is part of a significant emerging trend in contemporary American theater.
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“My Perestroika”: Russians cope with capitalism in fascinating documentary
April 19, 2011Few films released in the West have shown how the transition from socialism has affected Russians and other Eastern Europeans.
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Bridges brothers honor Hollywood “Red” Betty Garrett
April 18, 2011Actor Jeff Bridges was among those who eulogized actress Betty Garrett in an April 6 memorial service attended by hundreds of entertainment community members.
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